mameluke definition by Wordo

Noun

A

member

of

various

military

regimes

in

the

Middle East

created

and

run

by

freed

slave

soldiers

,

mainly

from

the

Eurasian

steppe

or

the

Caucasus

;

in

particular

,

those

who

formed

a

ruling

caste

in

Egypt

from

1250

until

1812

and

in

Syria

until

1516

.